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New E-Reader Planned

By Simon Fodden

Thus far I’ve successfully resisted the charms of Kindles 1 and 2, such as they are, and of the Sony Reader as well. Though I’m someone who reads a whole lot of text on a screen, I’m still a committed bookist when it comes to, well, books.

It is possible that the promised Eee Reader from Asus might be a game changer for me. For one thing, as with the netbook that the Taiwan company launched, this device would be cheap — perhaps $200, according to reports. Then, as you can see from the image, which is an imagined portrayal, the plan is to market a hinged pair of screens so as to put something very like an actual pocket book in your hands. Moreover, unlike the current e-book readers, the Eee Reader would have the ability to operate on one of the screens as a netbook as well, using a touch screen keyboard.

PC World and the Times Online, among others, have stories on the interview the president of Asus gave to the Times, though there is nothing on the Asus website about the Reader that I could find.

Full post as published by Slaw.ca on September 07, 2009 (boomark / email).